UA 397/92 - India: fear of "disappearance": Jagwinder Singh

17 décembre 1992, N° d'index: ASA 20/060/1992

Jagwinder Singh, a 24-year-old lawyer, was reportedly arrested on 25 September 1992. He has not been seen since. His family have signed affidavits stating that they witnessed police taking him away from his house in Mahalla Laxmi Nagar, Kapurthala. Lawyers' associations in Punjab have protested against the arrest and the subsequent failure to disclose his whereabouts. The Chief Minister, Chief Secretary and the Finance Minister of Punjab have reportedly given assurances to lawyers that his whereabouts will soon be disclosed but this has not yet happened.

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UA 397/92Fear of "Disappearance" 17 December 1992

INDIA: Jagwinder Singh, 24, lawyer

Amnesty International has recently learnt that Jagwinder Singh was arrested

on the 25 September 1992 and is concerned that he may have "disappeared".

According to reports received, three uniformed policemen entered Jagwinder

Singh's house on 25 September 1992 at around 6.30 am and informed him that

they were Central Investigation Bureau staff and that the Senior Superintendent

of Police, Kapurthala, wanted to consult him overa legal matter. He was taken

from the house and has not been seen since. His family has signed affidavits

stating that they witnessed the police taking Jagwinder Singh away from his

house in Mahalla Laxmi Nagar, Kapurthala.

Shortly afterwards, the Kapurthala and Jalandhar District Bar Associations

went on strike in protest against the arrest of Jagwinder Singh. A delegation